by Andrew McGuire | Jul 29, 2011 | News
In the middle of September 2001, just after 9/11, my wife lost her job at Medtronic in Santa Rosa, California. Medtronic makes medical devices like stents and catheters, but the company at that time moved its production line work to India. My wife lost her medical...
by Andrew McGuire | Feb 28, 2011 | News
Single payer offers financing of universal, comprehensive healthcare services, meaning eye doctors, dentists, and bulk-purchased pharmaceuticals, as well as “common” medical services. Health insurers offer stylized financial concoctions (plans) of care...
by Andrew McGuire | Feb 28, 2011 | 365, Celebrity Ads, News, Video
Speaking for Controlled Healthcare Insurance Corp., the incomparable Ernestine tells a patient, “Life itself is a pre-existing condition. Our prescription for it: Don’t get sick!” That’s the only way to stay ahead of the insurance companies...
by Andrew McGuire | Feb 22, 2011 | News
CBO: Health law to shrink workforce by 800,000 By J. Lester Feder and Kate Nocera Politico February 10, 2011 CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf told the House Budget Committee on Thursday that the health care law will reduce employment by 0.5 percent by 2021 because some...
by Andrew McGuire | Feb 22, 2011 | 365, Celebrity Ads, News, Video
The purpose of insurance is to share the risk. That’s why it puzzles Ken Howard when he hears people say they don’t want to pay for somebody else’s health care. After all, we’re all going to get sick or old someday. That’s why single...